Today, the 8th of March, is International Women’s Day. To celebrate, I’d like to share with you a selection of small tributes to some of the women in my life whom I most admire. I will use first names only, but I hope those of you mentioned below will recognise yourselves and know how special and important you are, to me and to everyone whose lives you touch.
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A couple of weeks ago, something happened on Facebook that really pissed me off. Really. Like lying awake at night, grinding my teeth and thinking until my brain got sore kind of pissed off. It still makes my upper lip scrunch when I think about it, but I had to wait a couple of weeks before posting this rant about it so that I could get my thoughts clear and write rationally, albeit still passionately, on the subject of dumbasses who make judgmental comments when they know absolutely nothing about a situation.
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Laksa is a spicy coconut noodle soup, and it is one of my favourite Asian soups. Unfortunately the paste that gives it its flavour and spice is a little hard to come by in many countries. I buy Hogans laksa paste from Australia (and always stock up when I’m home) but there are other brands that are fine to use as well. If you can find it anywhere (and make sure you ask at your local Asian supermarket) you can use green curry paste. The taste is not quite the same, but still works. Laksa comes from Malaysia and Singapore, with many different recipes depending on the region it comes from. I use chicken, but that’s because I don’t eat shellfish. You can replace the chicken with prawns or other shellfish if you wish.
If you can’t find laksa paste anywhere and don’t want to use green curry paste, here’s a different recipe that includes how to make your own laksa paste: http://gourmettraveller.com.au/spicy_chicken_laksa.htm (link opens in new window).
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When we went to the pre-birth seminar at the hospital, the midwives who ran the session warned against starting babies on a dummy (pacifier) too early because it could cause confusion with breastfeeding. We were a little surprised that people would be so keen to give their baby a dummy before they were a couple of weeks old anyway, so it wasn’t really a big deal to us. We waited the recommended four weeks to introduce Ella to dummies, and despite her doing very well with both breast and bottle feeding, she was not interested in a dummy at all. In fact, she dry retched whenever I tried to give her one. So I figured it was no big deal; if she didn’t want one then that was one less thing to worry about weaning her off of later, right? Oh SO wrong!
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We decided on the most part not to make Ella’s photos public, since there are a lot of weirdos out there and we wanted to be a bit restrictive about posting photos of her online. I have a photo album of her set up on Flickr, which only contacts I have approved as friends and family can access. However, I am too proud a mummy not to show her off a little. So here are a select few pictures of my beautiful baby girl:
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As I’ve mentioned previously, I couldn’t find blankets suitable for swaddling here in Norway, so I had to order them online. The first ones we got were Aden and Anais muslin swaddling blankets from the Hamill Baby online store. They come in lots of cute patterns, but since I wasn’t 100% confident we were going to have a girl, we opted for the unisex Jungle Jam set of four featuring monkeys, birds, giraffes and elephants. Very cute.
These blankets are good for a couple of reasons. Firstly they’re natural muslin, so they’re very light and they breathe well. Having a summer baby, this was pretty important to me; I was nervous about the baby overheating when all wrapped up. Secondly, they’re nice and stretchy, allowing for a good, tight swaddle that the baby can still wriggle in. Thirdly, they’re quite large, which makes it much easier to wrap the blanket all the way around the baby and use her body weight to keep it in place. So overall, I would definitely recommend these blankets… except if you have a wriggly little escapee like we do, the baby can sometimes manage to wriggle her hands free, rendering the swaddle useless.
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